Selenium insertion into a cadmium–carbon bond; synthesis and structural characterisation of the loosely linked dimer [{Cd(SeCCPh)2(tmen)}2](tmen = Me2NCH2CH2NMe2)
Abstract
The heterogeneous reaction of elemental selenium with the monomeric complex [Cd(CCPh)2(tmen)](2:1 equivalents) produced the unusual loosely linked dimer [{Cd(SeCCPh)2(tmen)}2].